PHOTOS: Out and About in Cable

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 22: General view of the atmoshere at the 43rd Annual Gracie Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 22, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Alliance for Women in Media )

While kids are getting out of school and enjoying the sunshine, those across media were feeling the heat of the upfronts as well as the newfronts. Now that’s not to say no one could take a break to have a little fun, as the Gracie Awards hit to keep everyone entertained while honoring the best in the business. Check out the photos below for the best ways the industry closed out the spring season.

New York, NY- 5/30/18- Tennis Channel and the Empire State Building partnered to celebrate the opening week of the French Open by illuminating the building with the colors of the French flag. Photo Credit: Donald Traill

The Ovation and Comcast Stand for the Arts Awards partnership kicked off in Chicago on May 7 with an event at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place recognizing Collaboraction, a 21 year-old non-profit committed to the power of theatre and arts to cultivate social change around Chicago’s most-critical issues. Pictured from left to right are: Jack Segal (Vice President of Communications, Comcast Greater Chicago Region), Alderman Tom Tunney (City of Chicago, 44th Ward & Chairman, City Council Cultural and Special Events Committee), Jessica Yas Barker (Director of Corporate Relations, Ovation), Anthony Moseley (Artistic Director of Collaboraction), Justin Frick (AV Chicago, President of Collaboraction’s Board of Directors), Sandra Delgado (Founding Company Member of Collaboraction), and Dr. Marcus Robinson (Managing Director of Collaboraction). Photo credit: Chris McGuire